[HPforGrownups] Re: The Too Unreliable Narrator (was: What really happened on the tower)

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 155930

> > Random832:
> > I think it's a lot more fair if we're fooled because Harry is fooled
> > (it's not a "non-description" if it really is a misconception Harry
> > has for one reason or another) than if we have a false impression
> that
> > anyone who was actually there never could have gotten.
>
> Neri:
> Er... sorry, I've lost you. Could you clarify that?

Random832:
Nevermind. I think I probably misunderstood you to begin with.

> Neri:
> Hmm. Who vouched for Dobby in CoS? Well, you certainly can say that
> he vouched for himself, but that's kind of stretching it, isn't it?
> ...
> Who challenged Ginny in CoS?

Random832:
It's not clear to me either what Dobby was innocent of or what Ginny
was guilty of.

It's not clear, though, who vouched for Harry, but as the protagonist
he's above suspicion (by the readers) anyway. But who challenged
Quirrel?

> Neri:
> I am very interested in your rule that no magic has ever been used in
> a plot twist before it was explained to the reader. It needs
> reformulating, but here I feel we are approaching something a bit
> more accurate.

Random832:
I see it as a back-formation of the rule of Chekhov's gun.